Self-schema and social comparison explanations of body dissatisfaction: A laboratory investigation

Body Image

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  van den Berg, Patricia ^a   Thompson, J Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Cognitive priming; Mood; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33847255944     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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